1976 Country Music Association Awards

1976 Country Music Association Awards
1976 Country Music Association Awards
Date	October 11, 1976
Location	Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, Tennessee
Hosted by	Johnny Cash; Roy Clark
Most wins	Waylon Jennings; Willie Nelson (3 each)
Most nominations	Waylon Jennings; Willie Nelson (5 each)
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS

The 1976 Country Music Association Awards, 10th Ceremony, was held on October 11, 1976, at the Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by CMA Award winners Johnny Cash and Roy Clark.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners in Bold.^[2]

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Mel Tillis Waylon Jennings Ronnie Milsap Willie Nelson Dolly Parton	Wanted! The Outlaws — Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, Tompall Glaser 200 Years of Country Music — Sonny James Night Things — Ronnie Milsap Teddy Bear — Red Sovine The Blind Man in the Bleachers — Kenny Starr
Male Vocalist of the Year	Female Vocalist of the Year
Ronnie Milsap Waylon Jennings Willie Nelson Conway Twitty Don Williams	Dolly Parton Crystal Gayle Emmylou Harris Barbara Mandrell Tammy Wynette
Vocal Group of the Year	Vocal Duo of the Year
Statler Brothers The Amazing Rhythm Aces Asleep at the Wheel Dave & Sugar Eagles	Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson Bill Anderson and Mary Lou Turner George Jones and Tammy Wynette Mel Tillis and Sherry Bryce Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
Single of the Year	Song of the Year
"Good Hearted Woman" — Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson "Convoy" — C. W. McCall "Teddy Bear" — Red Sovine "The Blind Man in the Bleachers" — Kenny Starr "The Door is Always Open" — Dave & Sugar	"Rhinestone Cowboy" — Larry Weiss "I'll Get Over You" — Richard Leigh "The Blind Man in the Bleachers" — Sterling Whipple "The Door is Always Open" — Dickey Lee, Bob McDill "Til I Can Make It on My Own" — Tammy Wynette, George Richey, Billy Sherrill
Instrumental Group of the Year	Instrumentalist of the Year
Roy Clark and Buck Trent Asleep at the Wheel The Charlie Daniels Band Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass The Waylors	Hargus "Pig" Robbins Chet Atkins Roy Clark Johnny Gimble Charlie McCoy

Hall of Fame

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees^[3]
Paul Cohen Kitty Wells

References

^ "Timeline". CMA Awards 2020 | Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 8|7c on ABC. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^ "CMA Awards Past Winners & Nominees". CMA Awards 2020 | Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 8|7c on ABC. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^ "Timeline | The 2019 CMA Awards – Wednesday, November 13th on ABC". 2019 CMA Awards | Wednesday, November 13 on ABC. Retrieved September 14, 2019.

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[1] "Timeline". CMA Awards 2020 | Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 8|7c on ABC. Retrieved December 30, 2020.

[2] "CMA Awards Past Winners & Nominees". CMA Awards 2020 | Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 8|7c on ABC. Retrieved December 30, 2020.

[3] "Timeline | The 2019 CMA Awards – Wednesday, November 13th on ABC". 2019 CMA Awards | Wednesday, November 13 on ABC. Retrieved September 14, 2019.

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